Quote from: mondrasek on June 17, 2012, 07:00:24 PM

Well done!  And I agree totally that making a square version lends itself to changing the gaps between each outlying Riser and it's annulus walls much easier. 

Hopefully we will see a model build soon.

BTW, are you going to build?

Hi M,
Thanks,

I may build, but with the 1/4 thickness walls with a small model, it will present challenges. Would you or anyone else be able to do a material take off with with autocad or other, with whatever specification the modeler wants to use? That would save a lot of manual calculations.

Regards, Larry

If there is a serious builder out there who understands the challenges and the concept...  Yes, by all means I will CAD.

Just to let you know my "vision" of this project, I was hoping to do a complete miniature replication of the existing ZED test setup.  But I can deviate from that idea to help others.

In my vision we would end up with the two ZEDs and the water transfer system.  The transfer system could be made from bellows type vacuum cups like the below, once they were properly attached to a surface to turn them into a pressure type pump.  How to actuate that pump system (ie. collect output from the system and reuse) is still a problem in miniature.  And the controlls...

But others may have ideas?

M.

Just something that should help you understand what is going on (I have posted it on PESN as well):

@Seamus101. OK. Now can you please explain how this "oscillation " happened in the early models where mrtravis had only a single ZED, which showed him a sufficiently high degree of OU to inspire him to move on to the two ZED configuration?

Quote from: mondrasek on June 17, 2012, 09:15:09 PM
If there is a serious builder out there who understands the challenges and the concept...  Yes, by all means I will CAD.

Just to let you know my "vision" of this project, I was hoping to do a complete miniature replication of the existing ZED test setup.  But I can deviate from that idea to help others.

In my vision we would end up with the two ZEDs and the water transfer system.  The transfer system could be made from bellows type vacuum cups like the below, once they were properly attached to a surface to turn them into a pressure type pump.  How to actuate that pump system (ie. collect output from the system and reuse) is still a problem in miniature.  And the controlls...

But others may have ideas?

M.

Wow, that is an ambitious plan. Sweet, to much for me right now, need Clanzer.
I,m just hoping to build just one ZED and take measurement for proof. Probably need 6 layers, as Wayne observed that the bigger the system the less the losses.
I,ll let you know. At this time, I have other updates in mind.

Regards, Larry